I Do It For Hip Hop

for hip-hop
 I do it for hip-hop
 Yeah, I do it for hip-hop
 Now this is what they call poetry in motion
 My soul bleeds on the paper, heart screams with emotion
 This my daily devotion, that verses stay deeper than the ocean
 So hip-hop you owe me a promotion
 Yeah, I do a little boastin' and braggin'
 What's all the commotion and naggin' about
 'Cause I'm still the champ in the south
 'Cause rappers get in the booth and I keep draggin' them out
 Where they fired and these pink slips I keep handin' them out
 'Cause this is Theater of Mind, consider it a sign
 Of what's to come next, my money's just fine
 Bank filled with dump checks
 Terrorist threat flow, proceed to drop (bombs) like Mr. Funk Flex
 But I don't do it for the money, I do it from the heart
 I'll do it with the beatbox, I did it from the start
 I'll do it for the DJs, I'll do it for the charts
 The Van Gogh flow, Luda do it 'cause it's art
 I do it for the fans, I do it on command
 I do it for the front row, I do it for the stands
 I spit it for the hood, I do it for the block
 And since nine years old, I did it for hip-hop
 So, I don't do for the chains and the fancy drops
 I do it for hip-hop
 I do it for hip-hop
 I do it for hip-hop
 And I don't do for the chains and the flashin' rocks
 I do it for hip-hop
 I do it for hip-hop
 I do it for hip-hop
 They say I'm so low key, I'm socially awkward
 Only those that really know me are the ones that I talk with
 They smile in the light, hate in the dark,
 you call it beef, to me its's just a fuckin' walk in the park
 Because you are who you are when nobody is looking
 That's who you are so when the cash and cars is gone, the day after tomorrow
 Don't be askin' to borrow, ski maskin' it hard, like the way you rap in your bars
 I could ride on you and whoever, devise new endeavors
 I'm as live as hive full of predators
 Twenty thousands different species of bees
 Some half poisonous sting, some just pollinating their leafs
 It's just like rap, some will buzz some will attack, compromising their own life in fact
 Sixteen years since my first sixteen, pardon the rest of my niggas
 But I'm the best whoever did it
 I don't do for the cars and the fancy drops
 Uh, I do it for hip-hop
 Yeah, I do it for hip-hop, uh
 I do it for hip-hop
 And I don't do for the chains and the flashin' rocks
 Why we do it kid, I do it for hip-hop
 Yeah, I do it for hip-hop, uh
 I do it for hip-hop
 Hip-hop, started out in the park
 We used to do it to avoid the Narcs
 I used to do it so the homeboy Clark can get the fuck off my back while I knocked off these packs
 I used to rap to impress my friends
 The past of time when I was gettin' it in
 Just so happens I'm so illegal with the pen, they ain't want me to do anything illegal again
 I lost a lot of dawgs to these streets
 I got Grammy awards on these beats
 Thank God for Cool Herc
 Without this shit I probably would've got murked
 Shout outs to Grandmaster Flash and the cash
 And even Jaz bum ass
 Hip hop helped me wash my rocks
 These other rappers couldn't wash my socks
 That's why I took the number one slot
 The realest shit in rap comes from my voice box
 Lord knows when I was on my clock
 I probably never would've stopped
 Thank God for hip-hop
 I don't do for the cars and the fancy drops
 I do it for hip-hop
 I do it for hip-hop
 I do it for hip-hop
 And I don't do for the chains and the flashin' rocks
 come on, I do it for hip-hop
 I do it for hip-hop
 I do it for hip-hop